Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 12, 1 December 2015 — Native Hawaiian Culture in Spotlight [ARTICLE]

Native Hawaiian Culture in Spotlight

Native Hawaiian cultures were placed in the spotlight as part of Purdue's Native American Educational and cultural Center's celebration of Native American Heritage Month. "A lot of times, people don't recognize Native Hawaiians as an indigenous people and so this helps to raise awareness and educate the broader campus community," said Felica Ahasteen-Bryant, director of the Native American Educational and Cultural Center. "But more importantly, just looking at the eommonalities in traditions, language and respect for the land - we see those same qualities with Native Americans as well as Native Hawaiians." One of the events was "Ono Kine Grinds: Food of Hawai'i" that offered a way for people to educate themselves about Native Hawaiian food, as opposed to stereotypieal foods such as Hawaiian Pizza, whieh is not Hawaiian.